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Posted by SpaceKase
 - Jul 20, 2020, 01:45:28 PM
Quote from: Kradan on Jul 20, 2020, 05:41:47 AM
Oh, it just reflects my rank now - Warrior Alien and the fact that it "lost" it's dome in Aliens

When I was Chestburser I had something like this: "Watch out! I'm gonna bite off your feet!"

Ahhhh! Sokath, his eyes uncovered. I couldn't see the squid for all the tentacles. Well played sir, well played.
Posted by Kradan
 - Jul 20, 2020, 05:41:47 AM
Oh, it just reflects my rank now - Warrior Alien and the fact that it "lost" it's dome in Aliens

When I was Chestburser I had something like this: "Watch out! I'm gonna bite off your feet!"
Posted by SpaceKase
 - Jul 20, 2020, 03:40:15 AM
Quote from: Kradan on Jul 19, 2020, 07:33:50 PM
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pafG42HIrVE/hqdefault.jpg
I get it

Haha, Thanks Krad, my humor + the text format often lead to misunderstandings of the usual absurdity of my tone, plus it doesn't help that my standard lexicon is mainly composed of pop culture movie quotations and sometimes horribly paraphrased ones at that. Btw where's your caption quote about the dome from? It feels familiar but I can't place it. For some reason all I can hear in my head is "Stop eating my Sesame Cake!"
Posted by Kradan
 - Jul 19, 2020, 07:33:50 PM

I get it

Posted by SpaceKase
 - Jul 19, 2020, 04:26:31 PM
Quote from: SpaceKase on Jul 18, 2020, 07:20:38 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Jul 19, 2020, 01:23:43 PM
Quote from: SpaceKase on Jul 18, 2020, 09:04:55 PM
It was really more of a set-up for Voodoo, a funny little thematic quotation-bait that I'm hoping he'll take...

https://media3.giphy.com/media/vXtN6Sn8A5cRy/giphy.gif

Quote from: SpaceKase on Jul 18, 2020, 07:20:38 PM
..."crucified"? What for? Terror tactics? To scare the shit out of their enemies? Is it about... money?

/\ This is a very serious question VooDoo, and one I think you fully know the answer to...

::smh::
I'm sorry, the correct response was...

This is not about Money! This is about Powaa!
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Jul 19, 2020, 01:23:43 PM
Quote from: SpaceKase on Jul 18, 2020, 09:04:55 PM
It was really more of a set-up for Voodoo, a funny little thematic quotation-bait that I'm hoping he'll take...

Posted by SpaceKase
 - Jul 18, 2020, 09:04:55 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Jul 18, 2020, 08:15:19 PM
Shape of the cross not spelled out
"The word translated "cross" in the New Testament is the Greek word stauros, which notes, primarily, an upright pale or stake.

You're very passionate my friend but I think neither of us are in a position to guarantee anything in this subject my friend.  :)

Fair enough, mon!

Quote from: Huggs on Jul 18, 2020, 07:26:54 PM
It's a form of strappado.

Torture is the goal.

I hear you Huggs, (See: The Fountain, Thor Ragnarok, and Mad Max: Fury Road). And thank you, I never knew this had a specific name!  It was really more of a set-up for Voodoo, a funny little thematic quotation-bait that I'm hoping he'll take...

Quote from: SpaceKase on Jul 18, 2020, 07:20:38 PM

..."crucified"? What for? Terror tactics? To scare the shit out of their enemies? Is it about... money?

/\ This is a very serious question VooDoo, and one I think you fully know the answer to...
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Jul 18, 2020, 08:15:19 PM
Quote from: SpaceKase on Jul 18, 2020, 07:20:38 PM
The latter 3 forms, yes, correct and literal, the first one helll no, these other examples are all figurative, not literal. And I can guarantee you anyone lashing or nailing someone to that old ass stake form back in the days before Christ wasn't calling it crucifixion, and if they were they were using the word incorrectly and/or figuratively too.

Umm...

Shape of the cross not spelled out
"The word translated "cross" in the New Testament is the Greek word stauros, which notes, primarily, an upright pale or stake.

You're very passionate my friend but I think neither of us are in a position to guarantee anything in this subject my friend.  :)
Posted by Huggs
 - Jul 18, 2020, 07:26:54 PM
It's a form of strappado.

Torture is the goal.
Posted by SpaceKase
 - Jul 18, 2020, 07:20:38 PM
The latter 3 forms, yes, correct and literal, the first one helll no, these other examples are all figurative, not literal. And I can guarantee you anyone lashing or nailing someone to that old ass stake form from back in the days before Christ wasn't calling it crucifixion, and if they were they were using the word incorrectly and/or figuratively too. They sure as hell didn't have the benefit of etymology or even commonly available resources for formal education, and the folk who started using it as a figurative term in the 1620's plainly didn't really care either. But a cul-de-sac is not and never will be a crossroads. But setting that aside...

My latter point is, what are the specific implications of saying this guy has been figuratively "crucified"? What for? Terror tactics? To scare the shit out of their enemies? Is it about... money?
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Jul 18, 2020, 06:35:10 PM
Quote from: SpaceKase on Jul 18, 2020, 06:24:03 PM
I'm not as convinced that people do realize he's not literally been crucified. What is implied by figurative crucifixion?

Umm....


Roman Forms of Crucifixion

Historians of the time of Christ record that Roman crucifixions were carried out on simple stakes in the ground, stakes with crossbeams in various positions and even on tree trunks.
https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/jesus-christ-the-real-story/roman-forms-of-crucifixion


Umm.....






Posted by SpaceKase
 - Jul 18, 2020, 06:24:03 PM
@Voodoo    Yeah yeah, laugh it up, fuzzball. Just remember, you and all your other figurative-speechers will be the first against the wall when the etymology revolution comes.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Jul 18, 2020, 06:21:09 PM
Quote from: SpaceKase on Jul 18, 2020, 05:45:39 PM
Okay, here's a nitpick for y'all, especially since Aaron humorously kept correcting the these were "Berserker" Predators. So, in that same vein and with similarly humorous outrage because it drives me insane every time it's said or seen in the motion comic prequel, but... the classic Yaut is Not Crucifed. The one and Only requirement for crucifixion it the use of a cruciform, cruci = crux = cross, there is no cross involved here in any way shape or form. The classic Pred has been tied to a stake, or a weird ceremonial monolith, but whatever you want to call it, the one thing it Is Not is a Cross. You Cannot be Crucified without a Cross.

This will never be corrected, I know it will never be corrected. I will simply have to live in the perpetually maddening reality where this evisceration of the English language exists and will ever torture me, and as an American I am well versed in the torture of the English language. But hopefully, I will no longer be alone, and others will now be likewise plagued with this cursed knowledge.

Umm.....

cru·​ci·​fy | \ ˈkrü-sə-ˌfī  \
crucified; crucifying

Definition of crucify
(transitive verb)

1: to put to death by nailing or binding the wrists or hands and feet to a cross

2: to destroy the power of : MORTIFY crucify the flesh

3: to treat cruelly : TORMENT


;D
Posted by SpaceKase
 - Jul 18, 2020, 06:01:15 PM
I'm not as convinced that people do realize he's not literally been crucified. What is implied by figurative crucifixion? I mean, if we just want to use cool words that don't make sense how about Sacrifyx !! (1987's The Gate... anyone? Aaaanyway...) One more mystery left plaguing the brain, who is this Pred anyhow? A hapless traveler ensnared by Berserkers? A special offering from whoever the poachers are that collect and deliver all this prey? Perhaps a scapegoat offering from an intimidated lost clan? The leader of his clan offering himself up to spare the rest of his clan? The mind reel, and chances are Disney is just going to throw everything out anyways and relegate all of this to "Legends" status. Uf.  :P


Also, great podcast, guys. Love getting to nerd it up with y'all.
Posted by 426Buddy
 - Jul 18, 2020, 05:51:41 PM
Still a sweet nickname... I think people realize he's not literally been crucified. But when a nickname sticks it fits.

The rule of cool says so.
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